Grant Cardone

Born on March 21, 1958, in Lake Charles, Louisiana, Cardone is one of five children of Curtis Louis and Concetta Neil Cardone. His father owned a grocery store and had also trained as a stockbroker. When Cardone was 10 years old, his father died. A decade later, his brother Curtis also died. Cardone graduated from La Grange High School in Lake Charles in 1976 and went on to earn a degree in accounting from McNeese State University. Between the ages of 16 and 25, Cardone struggled with drug and substance abuse, experiencing three overdoses before ultimately entering a treatment center. == Career ==

After graduating from university, Cardone worked in a sales training company, where he traveled from Lake Charles to Houston, Texas and then to La Jolla, California, where he lived for 12 years. He moved into car sales and later became the president and CEO of Freedom Motorsports Group Inc. He owns Cardone Group, Cardone Enterprises and Cardone Real Estate Holdings. , HuffPost estimated that Cardone has 2.4 million subscribers on YouTube; 4.4 million and 6.8 million followers on Instagram and Facebook respectively. ==Legal issues==

Cardone Training Technologies In 2015 and 2016, several former employees of Cardone Training Technologies filed religious discrimination complaints with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleging that they were fired for refusing to take Scientology training courses disingenuously renamed as "L. Ron Hubbard training". Cardone's company has sued several clients who could no longer afford the hefty monthly payments on their training contracts. Having no termination clauses, clients were sued for tens of thousands of dollars of remaining balances on their contracts. Cardone Capital Cardone Capital purchases and manages large quantities of multifamily rental properties and sells shares in the pooled investment. An amended complaint was filed in 2023 by a family member of the plaintiff who had died since the original filing. A 2022 investigative report by The Palm Beach Post showed that from 2018 to 2021 Cardone Capital-owned Miami-area apartment complex Wellington Club overcharged tenants for workforce housing — a government program to provide discounted housing in high-cost-of-living areas to renters employed in key industries such as nursing, teaching and firefighting who would otherwise be priced out of their service area. According to the report, this allowed Wellington Club to boost profits while suppressing the county's workforce housing program in a county with limited affordable housing. Others On a 2023 livestream, Cardone got in a heated dispute with former T-Mobile CEO John Legere who told him that "You are the biggest bullshit artist on the planet," called him "a con man of the highest order" and a "fucking fraud." In January 2024, Cardone sued Legere for $100 million, alleging defamation. In August, Cardone rejected an offer from Legere to settle out of court, and the parties agreed to a confidential settlement in January 2025. In 2024 Cardone sued Formula One Group and Hard Rock Cafe alleging that his expensive watch had been stolen during a Miami Grand Prix event as a result of lax security. In 2025 a Las Vegas woman was charged with stealing millions from seven influencers including $2.3 million from the Cardones. == Personal life ==

Cardone married Elena Rosaia Lyons on July 4, 2004. They have two daughters. The Cardones reside in Golden Beach, Florida and Malibu, California. Cardone is a Scientologist, Elena is also a Scientologist and the couple are major donors to the Church of Scientology. Elena fundraised for Kari Lake in 2024 and is active in her husband's businesses. Following the New York business fraud lawsuit against the Trump Organization, Elena set up a GoFundMe to help Donald Trump pay off his multimillion-dollar legal judgments. Cardone has been a consistent supporter of Donald Trump, and even engaged Trump as the headliner at one of Cardone's 10X conferences in 2022. == Published works and media appearances ==

Cardone has written five books: The 10X Rule, Sell or Be Sold, Closers Survival Guide, If You’re Not First, You’re Last, and Sell to Survive. He is a regular contributor to Fox & Friends and has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, and has appeared on CNBC, CNN. He has also appeared on Turnaround King and Undercover Billionaire. ==References==